{"id":20777,"date":"2016-03-24T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/why-choose-us\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:22:15","slug":"why-choose-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/ha\/why-choose-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Why choose this program?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7721 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188-768x234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progressingtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/crowds-of-party-people-enjoying-a-live-concert-picjumbo-com-e1501610833188-1024x312.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom\u2026\u201d Colossians 3:16 ESV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We commit to equip and provide biblical resources to followers of Christ, especially in areas with little access to training, where often they are a minority faith and where the cost of following Christ can be high.<\/p>\n<p>Our program is not a series of essays about the Bible, but helping people to study the Bible directly themselves. 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